Dresden/Leningrad – De Tirannie

Dresden/Leningrad – De Tirannie
Self released – 2013
Doom, Metal, Sludge
Rated: ****

After an impressive and desolate debut called Vader in 2012, the Dresden/Leningrad trio hailing from Amsterdam is back with another offering. De Tirannie continues where Vader left off. But where the bleak charred charcoal atmosphere prevailed on their debut; the doom and sludge manifests itself more like a bloody drone and in an almost torturous plague way. Their sound has turned even more obscure, creepy and dragging. And for the none-Dutch listener the album could just as easily be about occult rituals and the sucking of blood. But instead it tells tales of the Finnish World War II sniper Simon Häyhä, the inhumane Eastern front and a medic resting among a mountain of limbs around Leningrad. In the end, the forty-two minutes of slow paced doom turns out to be a menacing masterpiece that will leisurely wrench the air out of your throat and leave you breathless…

(Written by JK)

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Dresden/Leningrad – Vader

Dresden/Leningrad – Vader

Self released – 2012

Rock, Doom, Stoner

Rated: ***

Devils, demons and fallen angels soar high above the wastelands as a steady march of an army filled with lost souls move towards their inevitable doom. The Dutch trio Dresden/Leningrad takes its queues from war torn imagery and skeleton emotions. They evoke a charred and bleak atmosphere, which shows no signs of life apart from the occasional human remains still quivering from the apparent horror it suffered. The Dutch vocals and ghostly voices add to this dread and raises an alarm somewhere in the back of the mind that this is unholy, profane and ungodly music that will surely serve as a soundtrack for your descent into hell. There is no hope here; no green light or any kind of joyous feeling. There is only death and evil lurking about. With a steady march of drums and riffs the crusade moves forward, trotting over bloodless remnants and crumbling ruins. The abyss awaits. Beware and be afraid…

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